ORONO, Maine – Colgate scored three times during a 4:46 span in the third period to break open a close contest and cruise to a 5-1 victory over Maine in collegiate men’s ice hockey action Saturday at Alfond Arena.
Holding a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes, the Raiders took control of the contest with its game-changing outburst during the middle portion of the final frame.
Mike Borkowski started the sequence, making it a 3-1 contest with a power play tally at the 5:26 mark before Even Peterson increased the Raiders margin to 4-1 a little more than three minutes later. Tylor Spink capped the barrage with 10:12 elapsed in the third to secure the Raiders a split of the weekend series.
Earlier in the contest, Darcy Murphy gave Colgate a 1-0 lead late in the first period, notching a power play tally at the 17:17 mark of the opening frame.
The two teams traded goals during the second period. Dan Renouf tied the game at 1-1 just 3:53 into the second period, completing a Black Bear rush for his fifth goal of the season.
Jake Kulevich restored the Raiders’ one-goal cushion less than two minutes later, however, capping off a Colgate break for his third marker of the campaign.
Zac Hamilton recorded 28 saves in goal for the Raiders to earn his first victory of the season. Matt Morris tallied 24 stops for the Black Bears.
Bottom Line
Colgate 5, Maine 1
Won-lost Records
– Colgate improved to 6-14-1 overall.
– Maine slipped to 5-12-4 with the setback.
Key Raider Info
– Tyson Spink matched his career high with four assists, increasing his team-leading point total to 24 (9g, 15a). It was Tyson’s third multiple-assist game and fourth multi-point contest this season.
– Tylor Spink finished with three points on a goal and two assists, putting him second on the team in scoring with 18 points (4g,14a). He is now just one point away from reaching the 100-point plateau for his career.
– Murphy’s first-period tally moved him into sole possession of third on the team’s goal-scoring chart this season. The goal was also his second power-play tally of the campaign, moving him in a four-way tie for the team lead in that category.
– Borkowski’s third-period tally moved him into a tie with Tyson Spink for the team lead in goals this season (9).
– Jake Kulevich finished with a goal and an assist, posting his first multiple point game of the season and second of his career.
– Zac Hamilton made his fifth career start in goal for the Raiders and earned his second career victory with the win.
Inside the Box Score
– Maine held a 29-28 shot advantage in the contest. Colgate posted a 12-3 margin in the first while the Black Bears held the edge in the second (14-7) and third (12-9) frames.
– Colgate was 2-for-3 on the power play while Maine was 0-for-5 with the man advantage. The Raiders recorded six shots with the extra skater while the Black Bears posted 11 shots on the power play.
– Maine posted a 27-25 edge at the faceoff dot. Tylor Spink paced the Raiders with 11 wins at the circle.
– Blaine Byron fired a game-high six shots for Maine while Murphy and Mike Panowyk tallied four shots each to pace Colgate.
From the Source
Colgate Head Coach Don Vaughan and senior Tyson Spink
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Vaughan on game
“We found the back of the net tonight, something we haven’t done in a long time. Our power play tonight had some big goals tonight, especially considering when they came in the game, I was really pleased with that. We made some adjustments after last night and they seemed to pay off.”
Spink on game
“We talked after last night’s game about coming back strong tonight. Obviously we didn’t get the result we wanted to last night, so we wanted to reflect on that, learn from our mistakes and focus on the positives. Coming into tonight, we just tried to do the little things, tried to make sure that we were good defensively and our offense tonight was a result of that.”
Up Next
– Colgate continues a six-game road swing Jan. 15 with a 7 p.m. contest versus ECAC Hockey foe Union at Messa Rink.
